Podcast appearances and mentions of joe minarik

In today's episode of the Second in Command podcast, Cameron is joined by Joe Minarik, Chief Operating Officer for DataBank, a provider of enterprise-class data center, cloud, and interconnection services.During the conversation, Cameron and Joe dive into the challenges and rewards of transitioning into a new leadership role within a different organizational culture. He highlights how listening and relationship-building are key to earning the trust and respect of team members, especially when managing expectations and setting priorities in an evolving business environment.You'll discover the importance of coaching and developing people within an organization. With an emphasis on talent growth and empowerment, Joe explains how the success of a business relies heavily on cultivating the strengths of its team, rather than simply focusing on technical tasks or immediate business needs.This episode offers valuable advice from Joe's years of experience, emphasizing the power of patience, learning from those on the front lines, and focusing on problem-solving as a way to fuel personal and professional growth.If you've enjoyed this episode of the Second in Command podcast, be sure to leave a review and subscribe today!Enjoy!In This Episode You'll Learn:Why many employees leave high-paying jobs at hyperscalers to return to smaller companies with a better culture and more fulfilling work. (9:16)The technical aspects of data centers, including latency, connectivity, and the importance of being close to population zones. (13:05)Joe's background in system administration and network engineering, and how he transitioned from technical roles to management and business leadership. (19:33)The difficulties of meeting people virtually and the importance of face-to-face interactions in building trust and understanding. (23:53)And much more...Resources:Subscribe, Rate & ReviewI'd love you to subscribe to the podcast and leave an honest rating & review. This will encourage others to listen and grow as a community.YouTube - Second In Command Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@secondincommandpodcast YouTube - Cameron Herold Leadership - https://www.youtube.com/@CameronHerold COO Alliance - https://cooalliance.com/ Cameron's newest book - The Second In Command - Unleash The Power Of Your COOCameron's Online Leadership Course - https://investinyourleaders.com/ch Cameron's Website - https://cameronherold.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cameron_herold_cooalliance/

Join Kirk and Joe, as they Detail Joe's journey from a farm in Michigan, to leading a data center company in Dallas. Transitioning from tech roles at Disney and Amazon to spearheading AWS's expansion into Asia and how it changed his decision-making approach. They also speak on optimizing data center locations for connectivity and efficiency and explore the data center industry's evolution. They emphasize the fusion of cloud computing and AI and the growing demand for skilled professionals in companies like Digital Bridge and Databank. They also discuss the societal impact of technology in education and healthcare, envisioning AI's role in revolutionizing service delivery through energy solutions like hydrogen and geothermal sources. Wrapping up they discuss its impact on industries like weather prediction and drug development, emphasizing the need for employee investment and growth-centric cultures. Thank you to our Title Sponsor MCIS - Mission Critical Interior Solutions, Inc. provides interior architectural solutions for data, cloud, and mission critical centers across North America. We offer everything from polished, epoxy, and sealed concrete to raised flooring, hot/cold aisle containment, and high-density ceiling grid. We also install raised access flooring in office spaces and provide underfloor air distribution testing to commission spaces - https://mcis-inc.com For more about us: https://linktr.ee/overwatchmissioncritical

We have officially wrapped up 30 years of producing awesome specifications, and one whole year of podcast episodes.  All of the Conspectus Specifiers hopped in the recording booth in December to reflect on how the firm as evolved over the past 3 decades, share their journey to specifications, and provide an inside of what it is like to work for the largest specification firm in the country. Our team of 14 split up into 3 groups to chat with one another.  How did Conspectus develop the technical knowledge, talent, and positive team energy that is known far and wide in the industry?  Perhaps you'll hear some secrets revealed.  From our team to yours: Happy Holidays 2022!Group 1: Joe Minarik, Jay Bethel, Emelyn Adoremos, Basiru Carew, Dave Stutzman, Tina MontoneGroup 2: Steve Gantner, Marlon Hollis, Chris Ricke, Hugo Nava, Dave Stutzman, Tina MontoneGroup 3: Elias Saltz, Alejandro Rodriguez, Melody Fontenot, Terumi Woods, Dave Stutzman, Tina MontoneMusic by Dream Theatre

This week on Facing the Future, we set sail on uncharted economic waters with Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board. Joe was Chief Economist at the Office of Management and Budget for all eight years of the Clinton Administration. We discussed the post-pandemic economic recovery and an idea he has for tackling the pandemic debt. Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman joined the conversation.

This week on Facing the Future, we set sail on uncharted economic waters with Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board. Joe was Chief Economist at the Office of Management and Budget for all eight years of the Clinton Administration. We discussed the post-pandemic economic recovery and an idea he has for tackling the pandemic debt. Concord Coalition Policy Director Tori Gorman joined the conversation.

“It’s good to round yourself out but double down on your super powers.” - Joe Minarik, Director, AWS Data Center SupplyJoin The FG Podcast LinkedIn Group! https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13919730/First things, first, Joe holds the Finance Guys land speed record for guests at 180mph. Yikes.We’re back this week, this time with the fearless leader of our Business team and AWS veteran, Joe Minarik, Director, AWS Data Center Supply..This episode is where the rubber meets the road, where the cloud meets the dirt. The data center growth strategy of every AWS region on the planet resides within Joe’s 120+ person team. He brings us some cool stories from the early days at AWS going all the way back to 2005 when it was just an internal product for Amazon, to the launch of Asia Pacific, up to the present day. We also talk about what it takes to be successful at AWS, why it’s important to focus on your strengths, boating, race car driving, and making things better.Joe shares his wealth of experience in the cloud computing space and his great approach to simply wanting to make things better. Instant classic.Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jominarik/ --CONTACT THE SHOW:Website | https://www.charleskunken.com/podcastInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/financeguyspodcast/Email | charlie@charleskunken.com (Hit us up! Questions, comments, requests for guests, etc)Sid on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhodi/Charlie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskunkenSubscribe to the newsletter: https://www.charleskunken.com/subscribe —Theme music by Good Baby. ‘Rose Colored’. You can peep the full music video here: https://www.goodbaby.band/musicvideos

There might be danger on the horizon, and it might include your wallet. COVID-19 has plunged most of the world into a recession, but government stimulus checks and consumer optimism are painting a confusing picture. Justin and Lance are joined by Joe Minarik to discuss how the decrease in our nation's output will affect your pockets. tags: tsou, economy, economics, politics, global, pandemic, recession, money, covid-19, corona virus, jobs, gdp, output, salary, saving, Justin weller, lance jackson, joe minarik

With about 25 trillion in official national debt and record setting stimulus packages, it is essential that we examine the true value of these initiatives. Justin and Lance are joined by Joe Minarik, former Chief Economist for the Clinton Administration, to discuss the economics behind stimulus packages and printing money in the age of COVID-19. tags: tsou, economics, government, politics, covid-19, corona virus, economy, stock market, stimulus package, printing money, money, national debt, household debt, justin weller, lance jackson, joe minarik

The United States spent 3.65 trillion dollars on health care in 2018. Despite the astronomical spending, evidence suggests that the U.S. performs worse than some other countries in various areas. Justin and lance speak with Joe Minarik, former Chief Economist of the Office of Management and Budget for the Clinton administration, discuss the best direction for American healthcare. tags: healthcare, tsou, economy, politics, republican, democrat, america, taxes, competition, justin weller, lance jackson, Joe Minarik, policy, medicare, obama care

Part 4 of CED's Debt 101 series sheds light on the government's revenue system. Caroline Ferguson sits down with Joe Minarik to answer the question, "Where does the US government get its money?"

The recent government shutdown was the longest in history. CED's Mike Petro, Joe Minarik, and Devin O'Connor sit down to discuss the various business and economic implications – both expected and unexpected.

Ray Hoffman interviews Steve Odland. Steve Odland’s career has taken him from oatmeal to auto parts, from Sara Lee to the U.S. Commission on National Transportation Surface Policy. Today, he’s CEO of one of the nation’s premier business research organizations, The Conference Board - year after year, the source of a lot of great insight into the economy and human behavior.   Key Takeaways: [:44] Ray Hoffman welcomes Steve Odland to the podcast. Steve reflects on his career path. He views it as a long hallway with some doors open and some doors shut. His career has been made by doors opening occasionally so he could walk through. [1:19] So many people struggle with closed doors instead of using the doors that are open. Steve says he has been blessed with a great and interesting career mostly by saying yes to things that seemed strange, odd and new. [1:42] Steve’s career started at Quaker Oats. His first CEO position was at Tops Friendly Markets. Steve had worked as a bagger in a supermarket as a youth. His first job was a paper route. Most of what he learned in business started in these early jobs. [2:37] Everyone has to eat. The supermarket is a great industry for getting close to your customer. Frequent user cards started in the mid-nineties. Supermarkets were using big data 20 years ago. [3:43] Steve cut his teeth in an industry with really narrow margins. In the supermarket industry, you count your pennies, starting with how you price. A couple of cents difference will change how people buy a can of corn. You have to provide the best value for your customer. [4:14] The experience at Tops Friendly Markets led Steve to his first major CEO position at AutoZone in January 2001. Then came 9/11 and the economy toppled. Steve says the auto parts industry is surprisingly insulated from recessions. People have to keep their car running. [5:52] Going through a recession is scary. You don’t know when it’s going to end, how deep it’s going to be, or what’s going to happen. [6:11] Steve also mentions the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. We didn’t know if the banking system would survive or what would happen to the global economy or the dollar. You learn as you go. [6:35] When Steve joined AutoZone in 2001, it had culture problems and merchandising problems. Steve explains how AutoZone had begun as an offshoot from a supermarket company. Steve says any time someone is brought in from the outside, it is for a turnaround. AutoZone was not happy with where they were. [7:06] The turnaround starts with people and then goes to processes and how you interface with the customer. Steve says they changed a lot of things and it worked very quickly to bring AutoZone stock from about $20 to over $100 a share in a couple of years, as they expanded margins. Their customers were happier than ever. [7:29] AutoZone is still a great company. Steve’s old team is still running the company with Bill Rhodes as the CEO. [7:44] The AutoZone share price topped out at $103 while Steve was CEO, and continued to climb. It peaked at over $816 in 2016. Steve credits the current management team for that but Ray notes that Steve laid down a foundation for growth, similar to the turnaround Alan Mulally executed later at Ford. [8:35] One of the things Steve did was to bring in every senior executive to go over the books, all the time. Steve has always found that people respond well when you bring them in to share the good news as well as the bad news. That served Steve well during the financial crisis. [9:09] Steve also says Office Depot was an incredible experience when people didn’t know if they were going to lose everything. Office Depot was headquartered in Florida, the epicenter of the housing crisis. There were 200 retail bankruptcies in that period. [9:36] During the crisis, Steve brought all senior executives together every week at first, and then monthly, sharing everything. Steve went to D.C. to meet with the Secretary of the Treasury and people from the Fed to share data and then report it back to his team. [9:59] This is leadership through communication and involvement.[10:02] Ray revisits the AutoZone share price. Ray asks about ethical changes that Steve brought into the culture and how they affected the share price. Steve mentions that AutoZone is located in Memphis, Tennessee, where there is a background culture of ethics. Steve says the group responded very well to leadership. [11:06] AutoZone is customer-oriented. The ethics of the highest level of leadership led to empathetic and ethical customer service. Steve doesn’t take credit for the ethics but agrees it is critical to a company’s success. [11:32] Steve gives the story of becoming CEO of The Conference Board. Relying on his public policy experience as a CEO for different organizations, Steve had moved to Washington, D.C. to run the 75-year-old Committee for Economic Development. A couple of years later, they merged with The Conference Board and built up from there. [12:10] When the CEO of The Conference Board retired, Steve moved up into that role. [12:25] Steve notes that the merger of two not-for-profits is unusual, as no money changes hands, but they thought they would work better together and Steve sees that both organizations have become stronger from the merger. [12:41] Ray talks about the public policy book, Sustaining Capitalism, that Steve co-authored with Joe Minarik. Ray wanted to read that book in light of his involvement in this podcast. Steve praises capitalism as the greatest economic model, and part and parcel of our form of democracy. [13:20] Steve cites Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations as the form of capitalism around which our government was built. Many regulations have been imposed upon capitalism since 1776, and Steve sees us at a new juncture where trust in industry has eroded following the financial crisis and the scandals that preceded it. [13:58] It is up to the business community to deal with these issues of trust and address issues of inequality and social issues. [14:14] If we want to sustain capitalism, we need to evolve it and we need to address these issues as business leaders. [14:21] Ray brings up the crony capitalism that exists between lobbyists and government regulators and influential people in Washington. Crony capitalism is used to skew the system to bring benefit to your company or yourself. [14:42] Capitalism is about making the system work, in total, as a rising tide. Capitalism has its faults. It’s not perfect and we need to address it and make it better, but our form of capitalism has caused global trade to increase and has taken more people out of poverty around the world than any other economic model. [15:07] Ray calls capitalism “Human endeavor with rule of law.” [15:10] Ray cites the subchapter, “The economic cost of crony capitalism.” Steve comments if you skew the system for the benefit of one group, it is a tax on other groups. The same issue applies to short-term value versus long-term value. If you shift value to the short term, it is not present for the long-term benefit. [15:47] Steve explains that you need long-term thinking, with a view to the benefits for all, to make capitalism sustainable. Steve learned to see his CEO title as representing customers, employees, and owners. Those all were his constituents. He also added in community and environment. [16:35] If you just took care of customers, you would give it away for free. If you just took care of your shareholders, you don’t take care of your customers or your employees. If you’re only there for your employees, you pay them whatever they want. It’s not one, but it’s the balance of the needs of all three groups you need to serve. [16:59] Ray brings it back to Steve’s work with AutoZone and Office Depot. Steve says what every good business leader tries to do is strike that right balance so that it all works for all the constituencies that they serve. [17:14] Steve makes a distinction between a pro-business government policy and a pro-market policy. The whole point of lobbying is to game the system with laws to the benefit of one company or regulations to the detriment of their competitors. [17:48] You should want to be governing yourself and influencing the government in a positive way for the benefit of all. At Committee for Economic Development (CED), they talk about reasoned solutions in the nation’s interest, not for ‘parochial’ interests. [18:07] As CEO of The Conference Board, what surprises Steve about the rip-roaring economy in the U.S. in 2018? Steve reminds us that it will change, and we need to look at when and how it will change. When economic lessons are not learned, and we don’t understand why things are so good, they can go bad quickly. [18:52] It applies to companies, too. We always study what went wrong, but we rarely study what went right, so we can create repeatability of it. A diagnosis of what got us here — it’s not a politician, it’s policies and regulations and the business environment — and the study of everything involved is really important. [19:18] Ray remembers the early months of 2008, where a lot of LBOs were still being squeezed in at the eleventh hour. They almost all turned out to be really terrible LBOs. Ray kept quoting people saying the world is awash with liquidity! [19:40] Steve talks about being at an event in the province of Chengdu, China when he was CEO of AutoZone. The mayor turned to him and asked how Florida real estate was doing. Steve asked why he would ask that, and the answer was that Goldman Sachs had just been in and sold them a lot of Florida real estate mortgage derivatives. [20:28] Mortgage derivatives had been sold all across the world, and that was the beginning of the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. [20:33] The Conference Board periodically takes a survey on job satisfaction in the U.S. It shows a big improvement in 2018 on how we feel about job security. Job confidence is very high and the change in the numbers has been most prominent in the lower earning groups. This shows wage improvement. [21:07] ‘Work’ goes to the core of who we are. People want to be productive. We have wage movement and people moving up in jobs now, and this is what we want. [21:24] Minnesota is the happiest employment state. They have one of the lowest unemployment levels. They have lots of businesses, big and small. The balance is agriculture. It’s a great balanced economy, so they surveyed as the happiest. [21:58] Minneapolis-born Steve Odland, CEO of The Conference Board. This is capitalism.   Mentioned in This Episode: Steve Odland The Conference BoardQuaker OatsTops Friendly Markets AutoZone William “Bill” Rhodes Alan Mulally Ford Committee for Economic Development Sustaining Capitalism: Bipartisan Solutions to Restore Trust & Prosperity, by Steve Odland and Joe Minarik The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith Washington, D.C. Chengdu, China Goldman Sachs Job Satisfaction 2018 — The Conference Board Minneapolis, Minnesota Stephens.com This Is Capitalism

Countless people seem polarized on the topic of immigration. Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President at the CED, and Lance Jackson, Senior Historian at TrueChat, join Justin T. Weller to break down this divisive issue.

Is the national debt something that will affect you? Joel Myers, President and Chairman of the Board of AccuWeather, joins Joe Minarik to share his insight on this critical issue.

Mark Douglas, CEO of Steelhouse, on how advertisers value different media platforms, and how adding regulation to data-rich media platforms like Facebook could impact how much ad dollars they receive. Will Kennedy, Managing Editor: EMEA Energy & Commodities for Bloomberg in London, on the first detailed insight into Saudi Aramco’s financials, ahead of their impending IPO. Bob Mulroy, CEO of Partner Therapeutics, and former CEO of Merrrimack, on FDA approval of their first drug, Leukine, for acute radiation syndrome (ARS), and why the government is interested. Joe Minarik, Director of Research at the Committee for Economic Development, and former Chief Economist at the Office of Management and Budget for the Clinton Administration, on why the deficit is the greatest threat to the future of business. 

The national debt is rapidly increasing, but what does that mean for you? Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Committee for Economic Development (CED) sits down with Caroline Ferguson, researcher at CED, to discuss what the looming national debt means and how it will affect future generations.

What does it take to be a CEO in the modern world? Ron Marshall, CEO of Claire's, joins Joe Minarik to provide an inside look at today's corporations.

Gordon Gee, President of West Virginia University, talks with Joe Minarik about the West Virginia Forward program and how it could be used elsewhere.

Does immigration hurt the United States or benefits it? The Chairman of the Strategic Investment Group, Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, joins Joe Minarik to discuss the issue. Facebook      Twitter

Joe Minarik is joined by Mike Monahan, the COO of Pitney Bowes, to discuss the 2018 economic outlook. Will the economy keep up its rapid growth?

Are businesses negatively or positively impacted by government regulation? Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, joins Steve Odland to answer this question and more.

Mike Petro is joined by Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President & Director of Research, to discuss the positives and negatives of free trade for the United States.

Today job markets need problem solvers, not stagnant workers. Joe Minarik brings in Carl Camden to discuss the future of higher education and how that relates to America's workforce competitiveness.

This seminar was given by Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research for the Committee for Economic Development as part of M-RCBG's Business & Government Seminar Series. It was delivered on April 27, 2017.

Is the fourth industrial revolution going to affect your job? How can you prepare for the coming changes to the workplace? Joe Minarik is joined by Bas Burger, a member of CED and President of BT Americas to discuss the ever-changing world of technology, how companies can take advantage of it, and how they can protect themselves from new threats.

With one of the most understated problems in Washington, other voices are essential in order to establish its importance. Pete Selleck, CEO & President of Michelin, joins Joe Minarik to discuss how Michelin has dealt with financial problems and how that ties into our country solving its own debt issues.

Michael Petro and Joe Minarik discuss five crises that could occur from leaving the national debt on the backburner. What are the consequences of these issues and is there a true solution to our debt problems?

Congress has floated the idea of the U.S. having a border adjustment tax. What is it and what would it mean for you? Mike Petro and Joe Minarik take you through the proposal, distilling fact from fiction and laying out its unintended consequences.

Mike Petro brings on Joe Minarik to discuss regulations in our government like Dodd Frank, if these regulations still work, and what the government can do to help make sure regulations are still working.

What role will global trade play in the new administration's first 100 days? Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at CED, joins Steve Odland to discuss.

What role will health care reform play in the new administration's first 100 days? Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at CED, joins Steve Odland to discuss.

Nearly every year, health care costs take a bigger and bigger bite out of Americans’ wallets. As economist Joe Minarik details, its high price tag largely results from a system that’s filled with inefficiencies. The chief remedy? More competition. Patients nationwide could then access quality care – and experience the peace of mind that comes with it.

Today, the national debt clocks in at nearly $14 trillion. Left unaddressed, it will spare no one, harming the American Dream for the young while weakening retirement programs for the elderly. As a former Chief Economist under the Clinton administration, CED’s Joe Minarik brings his fiscal expertise to this podcast, discussing the current state of the debt, the challenges that lay ahead, and solutions.

The United States is currently experiencing “the worst economic episode since the Great Depression,” according to Joe Minarik, senior vice president of the Committee for Economic Development. In this audio lecture, Minarik talks about the macroeconomic perspective on the U.S. budget deficit and its impact on the US economy. He outlines how the budget situation has deteriorated to its current point, how attempts to stimulate the economy have increased our debt, and what it will take to change the situation. The event, “Demystifying DC: Is America Ungovernable?” was organized by the Public Management Initiative (PMI) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation’s Public Management Program, PMI students select one topic to explore in detail throughout the academic year and engage the school community in discussion and debate. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/joe_minarik_macroeconomic_perspective_on_the_budget_deficit